Ohio District 09 Race

Top Industries

2010 Race: Ohio District 09

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Most members of Congress get the bulk of their campaign contributions from two main sources: the industries that make up the economic base of their home district and the Washington-based interest groups that pay more attention to the member's committee assignments in Congress. In addition, most Democrats receive substantial sums from labor unions.

From this table, you can get a flavor of which are the top industries giving to the candidates running for Congress in your district. Do the industries match your local economy, or are they more Washington-based? If the latter, the candidate may have divided loyalties on issues where the interests of their cash constituents conflict with those of the voters who elected them.

Rich Iott (R)

Industry

Total

Retired

$13,200

Insurance

$12,166

Hospitals/Nursing Homes

$8,750

Leadership PACs

$8,000

Health Professionals

$6,400

Lawyers/Law Firms

$6,100

Securities & Investment

$5,700

Real Estate

$5,500

Food & Beverage

$5,000

Accountants

$3,266

Health Services/HMOs

$3,266

Candidate Committees

$3,000

Misc Finance

$2,900

Automotive

$2,750

Abortion Policy/Anti-Abortion

$2,750

Business Associations

$2,500

General Contractors

$2,000

Agricultural Services/Products

$1,250

Misc Health

$1,000

Printing & Publishing

$1,000

Business Services

$1,000

Building Materials & Equipment

$1,000

Savings & Loans

$1,000

Marcy Kaptur (D)

Industry

Total

Industrial Unions

$47,500

Transportation Unions

$46,340

Public Sector Unions

$45,500

Building Trade Unions

$42,000

Lawyers/Law Firms

$39,484

Defense Electronics

$30,750

Crop Production & Basic Processing

$28,900

Defense Aerospace

$26,400

Misc Manufacturing & Distributing

$21,650

Misc Unions

$17,000

Agricultural Services/Products

$15,000

Misc Defense

$13,550

Retired

$13,300

Lobbyists

$11,163

Education

$8,550

Railroads

$7,500

Real Estate

$7,000

Health Professionals

$5,850

Credit Unions

$5,250

Non-Profit Institutions

$5,050

Jeremy D. Swartz (L)

NOTE: All the numbers on this page are for the
2009 - 2010House election cycle and based on Federal Election Commission data available electronically on
Monday, February 04, 2013. ("Help!
The numbers don't add up...")

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